Yes, and around Brevard buried tanks are common — this is propane country, where the mains give way to cabins and mountain-modern builds. The catch in Transylvania County is water: with 80-plus inches of rain a year, corrosion is the real burial concern, so the tank must be burial-rated with anode protection and set by your propane supplier.
Rain country is hard on buried steel
Transylvania County's rainfall — well over 80 inches most years — is the fact that shapes every burial decision here. Constantly wet soil is what rusts a steel tank early, so a buried tank in Brevard has to be purpose-built: a bonded factory coating over the steel and sacrificial anode bags wired in to corrode in the tank's place. Bedded and backfilled right, it lasts; dropped in a wet hole without protection, it doesn't. The same wet season that cracks crowns and rusts dampers on Brevard's chimneys goes to work on an unprotected tank. This is squarely your propane supplier's specialized job — the tank and the burial both rated for it — not a task for a general handyman.
We own the line to the fireplace
For a Mendota FullView or similar centerpiece in a timber-frame or mountain-modern home near Brevard, the fuel side is ours. From the tank dome, Steady Flame sizes and runs the line to the appliance, buries it to the required depth outdoors, pulls the permit with Transylvania County, meets the inspector, and pressure-tests before any flame. One licensed gas contractor accountable for the whole run — no stitching the job across a showroom and a separate installer. Forty minutes southwest of Asheville. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
Fireplace help in Brevard
We install and service fireplaces throughout Brevard and the rest of Transylvania County — just 40 minutes southwest from our Asheville-area showroom.
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